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news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around is kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after eight years of keeping it secret he's going to take on reports brennan's confirmation might broaden horizons for america's drone fleets. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionising we're. allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machin
news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around is kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after eight years of keeping it secret he's going to take on reports brennan's...
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other news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy but in an effort to avoid scrutiny around this time of the sea the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after years of keeping it secret if he's going to take on reports brennan's confirmation might broaden horizons for america's drone fleets. in the shadows know more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of
other news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy but in an effort to avoid scrutiny around this time of the sea the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after years of keeping it secret if he's going to take on reports brennan's...
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price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something. to united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war their intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a quiet because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under th
price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if...
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price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives as to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the us justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being produced by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president joe order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there was no risk
price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives as to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the us justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being produced by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if...
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right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the obama administration's ruthless drone war which has replaced the bush administration's detention programs and torture programs and so it doesn't seem like that much of a contradiction now brennan and george tenet and george bush and president obama seem all on the same pile and you know you started to get at this point earlier but i want to talk a little bit about these actual programs that the u.s. government has been using for example the drone strikes when you look at their use i mean some critics have said that this in fact creates more terrorism because people ar
right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the...
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senate hearings get under way for president obama's controversial pick to be the next new chief of the cia already the sessions have been interrupted due to protests by activists who are furious that the man behind america's infamous drone program could be to become the head of the agency. plus the turmoil in tunisia intensifies fresh clashes between anti-government protesters and police are accompanied by political chaos with the ruling islam is defying the prime minister's decision to reshuffle the government. thanks for tuning in world news live from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy catherine of and of course you're watching our team well on to our top story it's now exactly one year until the opening of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games right here in russia a special giant clocks have been installed in the country's largest cities and they've begun the countdown for the event which will be held in the black sea resort city of sochi now of course when we're talking about sochi the main celebrations to mark the countdown have taken place in the city itself now rounding off wit
senate hearings get under way for president obama's controversial pick to be the next new chief of the cia already the sessions have been interrupted due to protests by activists who are furious that the man behind america's infamous drone program could be to become the head of the agency. plus the turmoil in tunisia intensifies fresh clashes between anti-government protesters and police are accompanied by political chaos with the ruling islam is defying the prime minister's decision to...
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senate hearings are underway for president obama's controversial pick to be the new chief of the cia already been interrupted due to protests by activists angry behind . america's infamous drone program it could be head of the agency. political chaos in tunisia anti-government protests turn into violent clashes with police the ruling bloc the prime minister's plan to form a coalition government. and the countdown to the next winter olympics begins its exactly one year until russia first ever winter games that promise to become the most unique and the most expensive in history. but not everyone is in the mood russia's president lashes out over spending a key figure behind the two thousand and fourteen games. in broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us. now from drone strikes to torture techniques barack obama's nominee for head of the cia is facing tough questions in the senate confirmation hearing the session is underway again after it was disrupted by protestors angry at john brennan's role in america's drone program brennan
senate hearings are underway for president obama's controversial pick to be the new chief of the cia already been interrupted due to protests by activists angry behind . america's infamous drone program it could be head of the agency. political chaos in tunisia anti-government protests turn into violent clashes with police the ruling bloc the prime minister's plan to form a coalition government. and the countdown to the next winter olympics begins its exactly one year until russia first ever...
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senate hearings for president obama's pick to be the new chief of the cia have wrapped up that's after interruptions by protesters over his controversial pardon america's drone program. political chaos in tunisia anti-government protests turn into violent clashes with police as the ruling is the block of the prime minister's plan to form a close coalition government. and the countdown to the next winter olympics begins its exactly one year until russia hold its first ever winter games that promises to become the most unique and most expensive in history. but not everyone is any celebrate torrie mood russia's president overspending and sacks a key figure behind the two thousand and fourteen games. providing top news in commentary twenty four hours a day this is our team live from moscow. now from drone strikes to torture techniques brought obama's nominee for the head of the cia has faced what was supposed to be tough questions in the senate confirmation hearings but many on capitol hill already say the architect of america's drone wars was handled with kid gloves by the committee many
senate hearings for president obama's pick to be the new chief of the cia have wrapped up that's after interruptions by protesters over his controversial pardon america's drone program. political chaos in tunisia anti-government protests turn into violent clashes with police as the ruling is the block of the prime minister's plan to form a close coalition government. and the countdown to the next winter olympics begins its exactly one year until russia hold its first ever winter games that...
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in two thousand and obama nominated him was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policy and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the obama administration's ruthless drone war which has replaced the bush administration's detention programs and torture programs and so it doesn't seem like that much of a contradiction now brennan and george tenet and george bush and president obama seem all on the same pile and you know you started to get at this point earlier but i want to talk a little bit about these actual programs that the u.s. government has been using for example the drone strikes when you look at their use i mean some critics have said that this in fact creates more terrorism because people are turned off by by these kinds of killings what do you make in general mention perhaps of this in a legal type of program wha
in two thousand and obama nominated him was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policy and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the obama administration's ruthless drone war which has replaced the bush administration's...
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americans are preparing to tune in to the president's big speech barack obama is about to make his state of the union address is expected to focus on the economic recovery of the middle class ignoring crucial issues like secretive u.s. drone strikes that are just ahead here in. new hope outgoing pope benedict the sixteenth says he won't have a. choice of successor with the catholic church at a crossroads following the surprise resignation announcement. so those stories still to come for you between now and the start of the next hour in the meantime it is business with katie. and understand that peace has been made no currency wars is that right well apparently said the g seven seven of the world's biggest economy is they've said that they're not going to engage in these so-called currency walls pushing down the valley of their cars in order to growth it's not effect save in the grand scale of things in terms of boosting growth for the whole of the world economy so they vowed not to do that so i'll be back with business about a minute so it's a bell i get it thank you. some countries want
americans are preparing to tune in to the president's big speech barack obama is about to make his state of the union address is expected to focus on the economic recovery of the middle class ignoring crucial issues like secretive u.s. drone strikes that are just ahead here in. new hope outgoing pope benedict the sixteenth says he won't have a. choice of successor with the catholic church at a crossroads following the surprise resignation announcement. so those stories still to come for you...
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john brennan barack obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing this week while critics accused lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride and some members of the public weren't shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising you toasters accusing brennan of being of a driving force by. and the so-called targeted killing operations human rights activists claim the using drones against suspected terrorists is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after demonstrators were removed from the hall lawmakers questioned brennan on torture and cia shortcomings however critics claim that these inquiries seem strictly ceremonial scholar and author calling a value says that given brennan's views and his confirmation could it set a troubling precedent. this is a complete denial of our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment due process of law and equal protection of the law and yet when the administration is doing here is there usurping the. united
john brennan barack obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing this week while critics accused lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride and some members of the public weren't shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising you toasters accusing brennan of being of a driving force by. and the so-called targeted killing operations human rights activists claim the using drones...
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politicians but was reportedly rebuffed by president obama russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this washington still bears some responsibility for what's going on in syria but ali hearkens exclusive interview is coming your way at midnight and g.m.t. but here's a quick look but they are not as these chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the grocers' the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we were active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just in a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will draw your own force completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of an influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the further the simply see themselves are not doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is hap
politicians but was reportedly rebuffed by president obama russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this washington still bears some responsibility for what's going on in syria but ali hearkens exclusive interview is coming your way at midnight and g.m.t. but here's a quick look but they are not as these chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the grocers' the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the...
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politicians but was reportedly rebuffed by president obama russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this washington still bears some responsibility for what's going on in syria but ali jerkins exclusive interview is coming your way at midnight engine empty but here's a quick look blue not as those chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that there is terrorist groups were coming in the radical islamists so we're we're we're active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will draw your own force completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country but definitely with a lot of an influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact that they simply see themselves are not doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is happen
politicians but was reportedly rebuffed by president obama russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this washington still bears some responsibility for what's going on in syria but ali jerkins exclusive interview is coming your way at midnight engine empty but here's a quick look blue not as those chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that there is terrorist groups were coming in the radical...
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president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while the makers generally gave john brennan an easy ride so members of the public did not so she was interrupted several times by protesters as the driving force behind the so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists at american and foreign citizens is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties raf the chairman ordered the protesters to be removed the makers questioned the brennan on torture and cia shortcomings reluctant to trenching on his own since scholar and author colin campbell says that given brennan's views his confirmation could get better troubling precedent. this is a complete our constitutional rights. due process of war and equal protection of the law and you know the administration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizen and so we can be just an executioner. in their court we can say they are yours. and the
president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while the makers generally gave john brennan an easy ride so members of the public did not so she was interrupted several times by protesters as the driving force behind the so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists at american and foreign citizens is unlawful and leads to...
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john brennan number obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing of this week while critics accuse lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride some members of the public weren't so shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising posters accusing brennan of being the driving force behind. so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claimed that the use of drones against suspected terrorists is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after demonstrators were removed from the hall lawmakers questioned brennan on torture and cia shortcomings however critics claims that these inquiries seem strictly ceremonial scholar and author of l. says that given brennan's views his confirmation could set a troubling precedent this is a complete denial our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment due process and equal protection of the law and yet when the administration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizens
john brennan number obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing of this week while critics accuse lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride some members of the public weren't so shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising posters accusing brennan of being the driving force behind. so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claimed that the use of drones...
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get more analysis on bravo obama's pick for the cia head as well as the implications that the choice holds for other countries they might have to step in where we had to right now we're joined by ahmed rashid the president of the political lobbying group happy nationalist forum sir thanks so much for taking the time with us to speak with us now of course john brennan is most famous or infamous lee known as the architect of the u.s. drone program there are some concerns about his interrogation. techniques but when it comes to u.s. pakistan for lation it's considered raining the the tedious i guess background of the drone program has had there especially how it plays out among the population what do you think his candidacy or him being at the helm of the cia would mean for your country pakistan. over the last three years we've had a coup going on between. you and the pakistani intelligence agency i decide right now you can see there's a tunes truce but if john brennan is confirmed i think we're looking at a number of scenes of instability in this entire region of guns and buckets not.
get more analysis on bravo obama's pick for the cia head as well as the implications that the choice holds for other countries they might have to step in where we had to right now we're joined by ahmed rashid the president of the political lobbying group happy nationalist forum sir thanks so much for taking the time with us to speak with us now of course john brennan is most famous or infamous lee known as the architect of the u.s. drone program there are some concerns about his interrogation....
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president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing earlier this week well critics accuse lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride some members of the public did not the session was interrupted several times by protesters against brennan as the driving force behind a so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after the chairman ordered the demonstrators to be removed lawmakers questioned brennan on the torture and cia shortcomings but they seem to be reluctant to challenge him on his answers to scholar and author a call in cavil says that given biden's views his confirmation could set a troubling precedent. this is the believe that our constitutional rights. do grant so those more an equal rejection of the law and yet within minutes really is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizens and so we can be judge jury and executioner. you know
president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing earlier this week well critics accuse lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride some members of the public did not the session was interrupted several times by protesters against brennan as the driving force behind a so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists is unlawful and...
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a new fragile agency lie detector policy has been discussed by president obama's administration as in the wake of allegations of authority have extended their legal limits to screening of thousands of job applicants and employees want to close a look at where the person information is not crucial for america's national security. for more than three decades john sullivan worked as a polygraph examiner for america's central intelligence agency today the retired cia employee is offering some strong opinions about the nation's lie detector policy too many honest people are too many people who should be passing their tests aren't and there's no there's no accountability for that. last year more than seventy three thousand americans were reportedly required to undergo polygraph tests in order to get or keep jobs with the federal government according to an investigation by mcclatchy newspapers a growing number of u.s. agencies are asking employees and applicants intimate questions that extend way beyond the realm of national security probing matters such as sexual conduct financial matters a
a new fragile agency lie detector policy has been discussed by president obama's administration as in the wake of allegations of authority have extended their legal limits to screening of thousands of job applicants and employees want to close a look at where the person information is not crucial for america's national security. for more than three decades john sullivan worked as a polygraph examiner for america's central intelligence agency today the retired cia employee is offering some...
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president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced a senate confirmation hearing earlier this week well critics accuse lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride some members of the public did not the session was interrupted several times by protesters against brennan as the driving force behind a so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against the suspected terrorists is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after the chairman ordered the demonstrators to be removed lawmakers questioned brennan on the torture and cia shortcomings well they seem to be reluctant to challenge him on his answers to scholar and author of colon cavill's says that given biden's views his confirmation could set a troubling precedent. this is a complete denial of our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment due process of all and equal protection of the law and yet when the administration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizens and saying tha
president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced a senate confirmation hearing earlier this week well critics accuse lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride some members of the public did not the session was interrupted several times by protesters against brennan as the driving force behind a so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against the suspected terrorists is unlawful and...
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president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while the makers generally gave john brennan an easy ride so members of the public did not session was interrupted several times by protesters the driving force behind the so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists at american and foreign citizens is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties raf the chairman ordered the protesters to be removed the makers questioned the brennan on torture and cia shortcomings knocked into trenching on his own says scholar and author colin campbell says that given brennan's views his confirmation could get better troubling precedent. this is a complete our constitutional rights. do more and equal protection of the law and you know the administration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizen and so we can be just an executioner we can you know american citizens abroad without having their co
president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while the makers generally gave john brennan an easy ride so members of the public did not session was interrupted several times by protesters the driving force behind the so-called targeted killings operations human rights activists claim the use of drones against suspected terrorists at american and foreign citizens is unlawful and leads to a...
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director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the c.i. what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be somebody who will be extremely aggressive and who will probably be comfortable. walking on the edge of the law you worked with him i did i worked with john brennan for many years and i know him pretty well. mr kaplan you yourself supported torture before you were against it what happened what changed your position well let me correct you on that and this is something that that i think most americans missed in my original n.b.c. interview i was trying to draw a
director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan...
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president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while lawmakers generally gave john brennan an easy ride some members of the public to not session was interrupted several times by protesters against him driving force behind the so-called targeted killings aeration the rights activists claimed use of drones against suspected terrorists of american and foreign citizens is unlawful leads to a high number of civilian casualties of the chairman or the protesters to be removed or make us question brennan on torture and cia shortcomings seemed reluctant to challenge him on his own since scholar and author colin campbell says that given britain's views his confirmation could set a troubling precedent. this is a complete denial our constitutional rights are who are doing due process. and equal protection of the law and here with the administration is doing here is they're usurping the. united to the american citizens and saying that we can be jury and executioner we can show american citizens
president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week while lawmakers generally gave john brennan an easy ride some members of the public to not session was interrupted several times by protesters against him driving force behind the so-called targeted killings aeration the rights activists claimed use of drones against suspected terrorists of american and foreign citizens is unlawful leads to a...
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president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week but while lawmakers generally gave john brennan an easy ride some members of the public to not the session was interrupted several times by protest is against him i think driving force behind the so-called targeted killings aeration the rights activists kind of use of drones against suspected terrorists of american and foreign citizens is unlawful needs to a high number of civilian casualties of the chairman or the protesters to be removed or make us question brennan on torture and cia shortcomings seemed reluctant to challenge him on his answers scholar and author colin campbell says that given brennan's views his confirmation could set a troubling precedent. this is a complete our constitutional rights according to grant. and equal protection of the law and here within ministration is doing here is they're usurping the right denying it to the american citizens and saying that we can be just jury and executioner we can go back to the ro
president obama's nominee to head the cia the architect of the controversial drone assassination program faced his senate confirmation hearing this week but while lawmakers generally gave john brennan an easy ride some members of the public to not the session was interrupted several times by protest is against him i think driving force behind the so-called targeted killings aeration the rights activists kind of use of drones against suspected terrorists of american and foreign citizens is...
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obama. best reflects their views on guns. 46% say the nra does. reconcile that with universal background checks being supported 92%. how does this make sense? >> you know, i can't answer that. there was a lot of other numbers in this poll that kind of contradicted each other, too. you know, i will say that, you know, that there's probably a good half of the country that thinks that president obama is very liberal. and so, somewhere in there they're equating that he wants a lot more than just universal background checks. that he's asking for more to be banned and so that they fall somewhere in the middle between he and the nra. >> as i mentioned, the state of the union tuesday. the president during his inauguration address mentioned newtown but did not go in to great detail. we have seen him on the road now for the first time outside of washington, d.c. when he went to minneapolis. but with the state of the union address and hearing a little bit of what we heard today, how does he wrap it all
obama. best reflects their views on guns. 46% say the nra does. reconcile that with universal background checks being supported 92%. how does this make sense? >> you know, i can't answer that. there was a lot of other numbers in this poll that kind of contradicted each other, too. you know, i will say that, you know, that there's probably a good half of the country that thinks that president obama is very liberal. and so, somewhere in there they're equating that he wants a lot more than...
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the man that president obama has tapped to be his next spy chief says that the white house goes through agony to make sure that there are no collateral deaths in these attacks. >> a panel of senators brimming with questions. barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. >> i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee. >> would you hold please? i will ask the police to please remove this woman. >> four times, protesters interrupted at the hearing. there was a vocal opposition to the program and to john brennan becoming the next director. he was questioned over his past involvement in enhance interrogation techniques. >> i've expressed my personal objections to my colleagues about certain of those situations such as water boarding, nudity, and others. i've expressed my personal objections but i did not try to stop it because it was something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others. >> when asked about john strikes, he criticized the protesters. >> i think there is an impression on the part of some
the man that president obama has tapped to be his next spy chief says that the white house goes through agony to make sure that there are no collateral deaths in these attacks. >> a panel of senators brimming with questions. barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. >> i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee. >> would you hold please? i will ask the police to please remove this woman. >> four times, protesters...
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but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the cia what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be someb
but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director...